July 22, 2019, was a big day for Gusto. We launched a completely overhauled brand and a massively improved product experience.
What happened seemingly overnight started with nearly two years of tough questions: Who are we? Who do we want to be? …
Your design team is growing. Fast. Everyone is moving in different directions. Nobody is using the same design tool. Nobody is using the same icon file. They’re not even using the same hex codes. It’s the Wild West out here. And everyone is wearing Warby Parkers.
I never wanted to be an astronaut.
When people asked what I wanted to be when I grew up, I don’t think I ever gave the same consecutive answer. I couldn’t make up my mind. First, I wanted to be a professional snowboarder. I resolved to attend mountain school, where…
What do you miss about childhood? Recess? Waking up at the crack of a snowstorm’s dawn to watch the school closings ticker flit along the bottom of your local news station? Changing into your snow gear and running to the nearby hill for a day of endless sledding? Like…
I’m Jewish. I always have been, and I guess I always will be. Whatever. It’s just something I am, not something I am, so it’s not something I do. Though there are some things I did that being Jewish had a hand in.
I fell in love for the first…
There are very few universal languages. Food might be. Math probably is. But you can make a really strong case for music, even with its’ myriad genre “dialects.” My mom loves Andrea Bocelli, yet has no idea what she’s singing along to. …
Design @ Stripe. Previously redesigned Gusto. Life enthusiast. Lover of all things delicious. www.jasonmarder.com
